Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-03
NO CONSPIRACY.
What the Mover of the JOInt Revolution
Says of the Conspiracy to Defeat Ross.

What the Mover of the JoInt Revolution
Says of the Conspiracy to Defeat Ross.
BIARDTOwN, TEX, April 30, 1857.
To the Editor of the Gazette:
l see from THE GAZETTE OF the 26th
inst. an article under head of "Governor
Ross and the Prohibitionists," in which
certain papers are trying to make the
people believe that the submission of the
prohibition amendment is a part of a
political conspiracy looking to the defeat
of Governor Ross at the next general
election. 1t is to say the least, very
foolish, false statement of the case in
every particular. AS a member of the
Twentieth Legislature and the man that
introduced the "HOuse joint resolution
No. q" which has given the people the
privilege to vote on that question next
August, 1 wish to be permitted to say
that no such idea was in my mind, nor
did l hear any such utteranCes by any
member of the House; nor did hear any
expression of dissatisfaction with or
toward Governor Ross. A large
majority of the Prohibitionists
in the state voted for Ross
for Governor, and they have as
much reason to be satisfied with him now
as they had then. He is the peoples
man. His great heart throos in unison
with the farming and the mechanical pOr-
ton of our noble citizenship, and while he
NAV not be q PrOhlbItiOnist in sentiment,
he is willing that the state may be such
if it is the will of the people, and he is
honest enough to enforce the law in that
direction, and that is more than can be
said of many that claim to be Democrats.
The Twentieth Legislature is not afraid
of Governor Ross, nor are they dissatis-
fed with him, so far as have been able
to learn. The prohibition amendment
was in the hearts of the people; they had
been asking for the privilege of voting on
that question for six long years. TAat
privilege is q constitutional right, but up
to the Twentieth Legislature that right
had been denied them, as ii they. were
slaves, and was unworthy free govern
ment. So far as | have been enabled to
learn, the PrehiOitionisJs propose 70 vote
on this question, believing that it's con-
| stitutlOnal, Democratic, moral Rnd Eight;
| that God, the women and most OF Ehe
good men are for it.
Another item in the article referred to,
| to which | wish to invite attention
! is that eff prohibition carries, the reve
nue. will be short 81 ,0O0,0 OO." How muct
it will be snort 1 propose not to say, bu'
will here state that the amount collected
from the people ty taxation for the pur-
pose IF running courts, feeding prisoners
building jails and penitentiaries and keep
Ing them up, because of the whisky
traffic, many times exceeds the amount
paid by the whisky men. And then the
very idea tina any government should bt
dependent upon the blood money Of
whisky to run the government is prepos-
ferrous. Without it we would have less
taxes to pay, less crime to deal with and
better security for person and property
No man ever made a success in the traffic
of whisky that did not do so st the mora
and financial injury of his fellow man. L
is traffic whose influence is evil, ano
only evil. Its friends are asking for INT
privilege of continuing this trade of ruiz
and degradation. / am most respectfully
yours. JAMES NJ. BIARD.